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Mick Rock may not be a musician, but he’s certainly an icon of rock and roll. At the center of the music scene for many decades, from the emergence of glam rock and his photos of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed to the pioneers of new wave and punk with Blondie, and the […]

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Break out the good confetti. Last night featured the first live Yeah Yeah Yeahs performance in quite a while. Specifically an “it’s been years and aren’t we on ‘hiatus?’” while. The aligned forces of frontwoman Karen O, guitarist/keyboardist Nick Zinner and drummer Brian Chase were on display at a Tribeca Film Festival afterparty as part

Shot! The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock, the documentary on legendary rock photographer Mick Rock — who’s known for iconic shots of Bowie, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Queen and many more — had its premiere last night (4/22) during the Tribeca Film Festival. There was an afterparty at the Dream Downtown hotel in downtown Manhattan (set

Yeah Yeah Yeahs have played their first set since December 2014 at a New York gig celebrating Mick Rock, the British photographer renowned for his shots of rock stars including Mick Jagger and David Bowie. Rock is releasing a new documentary, ‘Shot!: The Psycho-Spiritual Mantra of Rock’, which premiered last night at the Tribeca Film

Rock’s images adorn the covers of some of rock & roll’s most celebrated albums, including Lou Reed’s Transformer, the Stooges’ Raw Power and Queen’s Queen II. He’s also earned renown as a video director, helming iconic clips for David Bowie that include “Life on Mars?” “Space Oddity” and “The Jean Genie.” So it was no

David Bowie’s mercurial assortment of alter egos — from Ziggy Stardust and Aladdin Sane to The Thin White Duke and the more recent Lazarus identity that posthumously inhabits Blackstar, his final album and first Billboard No. 1 — will be remembered just as much for their songs as their visages. No one captured Bowie’s unbridled

Here at VICE we’ve been feeling the loss of David Bowie pretty hard. Whether it’s wondering where we’d be without the man, extolling how he made the world a little safer for misfits and weirdos, or positing that he’s the reason we’re all here, it seems so many of us have been shaken in ways

Beyond sad. Difficult to absorb. Deeply moved. He was a sweet sweet soul. He went out with such a creative bang. Such a privilege to have known and worked with him. Such a remarkable man and artist. I loved him.